NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Staten Island residents have been bracing for what they expect to be a crowd in the thousands Saturday, for the Rev. Al Sharpton’s march to protest the police custody death of Eric Garner.

As CBS 2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, former Gov. David Paterson will join Sharpton at the head of the “We Will Not Go Back” march and rally. The march is expected to begin at 11 a.m. at 204 Bay St. across from Tompkinsville Park in Staten Island, where Garner was killed.

“No parking” signs were set up Friday along the march route, where 15,000 people were expected to fill the streets in the neighborhood Garner called home.

“We’ll have marshals along the route. We’ll have marshals in the crowd; marshals in the ferry terminals. We’ll have marshals galore,” Foy said. “We’re not here to destroy anything. We’re here to build a new city with a new vision.”

Instead of the original plan of marching over the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge, a bus caravan will drive protesters from Brooklyn and drive across in the so-called justice caravan.

Another caravan will depart from the Goethals Bridge in New Jersey.

The plan is to march past the spot where Garner died on Staten Island last month, past the 120th precinct house and end at Richmond Terrace and Hamilton Avenue, where the protesters will rally.

Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, and wife, Esaw, will be joined by members of Brown’s family from Missouri. On the list of speakers are people who have worked in the NYPD and have been said to be upset with the Garner incident.

“There will be retired officers who will be speaking out as well,” Foy said. “This is not an anti-police march. This is not a, you know, we hate anybody march. This is an affirmative – we believe in our rights; we’re standing for our rights.”

Sharpton himself earlier this week likewise said there will be no tolerance for violence or misconduct at the rally.

“We do not tolerate violence at marches because you cannot fight reckless violence by becoming that,” Sharpton said earlier this week. “If it ever were to occur, we would stop it and would not tolerate it. There is a difference between thugs and activists. We’re activists. We’re not thugs and we will not harbor thugs.”

Thousands Expected To March Saturday To Protest Police Custody Death Of Eric Garner

One worry for police has been that outside agitators could show up, much as they did in Ferguson. But police sources told CBS 2’s Kramer they have no intelligence at the present time to indicate that such a thing will happen.

“”They behave we stay open. They don’t behave we go home,”” said deli owner George Figueroa.

“It about being cautious and business wise, who’s going to want to come down to have lunch when a rally is going on in the street,” Henry from Karl’s Klipper restaurant told 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck. “The reason we’re not opening up is because of tension or violence but business. Business is going to be dead.”